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Palm Beach County reviews $9.3 million HUD plan, debates administrative costs after Pahokee city manager details rehousing of 40 families
Summary
County staff presented the HUD FY2026-27 annual action plan outlining roughly $6.5M in CDBG, $2.2M in HOME and $580K in ESG funds and proposed distributions; commissioners pressed staff on 20% admin charges and asked whether long‑time technical assistance providers should be competitively procured. Pahokees new city manager described rehousing of 40 displaced families and promised a two‑week action plan.
County staff on Thursday used a workshop to ask the Board of County Commissioners for direction on the draft HUD annual action plan for fiscal year 2026–27, laying out proposed uses for community development block grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding and prompting questions about administrative costs and procurement.
Jonathan Brown, deputy county administrator, told the board that HUDs preliminary allocations for the three programs total about $9,315,000: "in our community development block grant program, we will receive approximately 6,500,000, which is roughly a $68,000 decrease from the previous year," and that HOME funding is approximately $2,200,000 with a slight decrease while ESG is roughly $580,000, a two percent increase. Brown said allocations reflect HUDs guidance and may change before final submission.
Axel Miranda, the countys housing and economic development director, outlined the departments recommended distribution: public services at 15%…
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